How To Install libfontenc-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfontenc-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libfontenc-devel is X.Org X11 libfontenc development package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfontenc-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libfontenc-devel

X.Org X11 libfontenc development package

We can use yum or dnf to install libfontenc-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libfontenc-devel.

Install libfontenc-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libfontenc-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfontenc-devel

Install libfontenc-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libfontenc-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfontenc-devel

How To Uninstall libfontenc-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libfontenc-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libfontenc-devel

libfontenc-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/X11/fonts/fontenc.h
/usr/lib/libfontenc.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/fontenc.pc
/usr/include/X11/fonts/fontenc.h
/usr/lib64/libfontenc.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/fontenc.pc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfontenc-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.